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10:58 am - MirrormaskYesterday afternoon I took my sister and her boyfriend James to see a matinee showing of Mirrormask, which had been recommended to me by inle_the_rabbit. I think you would all love it, but that's a moot point for the moment since last night was its final night played in Madison. It doesn't come out on DVD until the end of December which means that I can't badger anybody into buying it for me as a Decemberween present, but it's one I'd like to own. It's more a triumph of visual effects than anything else. The plot which is a rather bland pastiche of Labyrinth and Alice in Wonderland (with character designs by Hieronymus Bosch). Neil Gaiman wrote the screenplay and is certainly capable of better, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that even on the drawing board, the story was meant to take a backseat to the visuals. This probably sounds like a negative review, but it's not. On a production level, it's beautiful, imaginative, stimulating, and one of the most original (looking) films I've ever seen. That's enough to make it worthwhile.

On a different topic, my coworkers rock for having brought in all kinds of food today, but I wish that whomever had brought in the bagels had either gotten a few that weren't sticky and sweet, or had not brought in sun-dried tomato cream cheese to go with them. That's just mean.Current Mood:indifferentCurrent Music: Iced Earth -- Burnin' For You

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I can agree with that assessment, but I think it was worth a matinee showing, and I think (despite its foibles) that I'll eventually pick it up on DVD. I think I'd also like to check out more of Gaiman's work, which I'm pretty unfamiliar with.

This is what you people keep telling me to do. My only real experience with Neil Gaiman is Good Omens and a book called Don't Panic! Don't Panic! is about the evolution of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from concept to cult phenomenon, but mine is a first edition British copy, so you can't borrow it.